Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 177 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 48% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6034.88 on Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Jul 25, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 50.12 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 59.42% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 272,886 acre feet

This is 136.36% of the average of 200,115 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 125,679 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 131,223 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 147,207 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 273.35% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 102.40% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -1.24 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 14.44 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 1.60 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
6034.88
0.18
1,007,847
1323
266
81.1
47.8
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
6034.70
0.17
1,006,032
1388
263
86.5
46.0
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
6034.53
0.27
1,004,320
1903
261
80.4
46.9
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
6034.26
0.25
1,001,605
2011
259
78.6
42.3
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
6034.01
0.14
999,096
1223
259
77.7
45.0
Sat, Mar 21, 2026
6033.87
0.12
997,694
1061
260
86.5
37.9
Fri, Mar 20, 2026
6033.75
0.11
996,493
1208
259
83.3
39.4
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
6033.64
0.07
995,393
807
259
79.2
33.1
Wed, Mar 18, 2026
6033.57
0.08
994,694
1027
259
77.9
35.1
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
6033.49
0.06
993,895
925
259
71.1
32.2
Mon, Mar 16, 2026
6033.43
0.09
993,296
1095
279
58.1
27.0
Sun, Mar 15, 2026
6033.34
0.04
992,399
866
302
46.8
28.0
Sat, Mar 14, 2026
6033.30
0.02
992,000
604
303
70.0
30.9
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6033.28
0.05
991,801
816
303
67.3
33.4
Averages of List
6033.86
0.12
997,612
1161.2
270.8
74.6
37.5

Averages for March 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6048.44
-13.56
1,215,849
1563.94
952.42
61.31
31.92
All-Time
6033.73
1.15
1,102,664
1496.63
932.22
61.31
31.92

Last 10 March 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Mar 26, 2025
6036.12
-1.24
1,020,426
480
429
74.6
39.8
Tue, Mar 26, 2024
6041.47
-6.59
1,076,175
440
352
48.8
34.6
Sun, Mar 26, 2023
6024.62
10.26
908,352
1539
290
46.2
25.9
Sat, Mar 26, 2022
6017.88
17.00
847,401
695
336
78.0
36.0
Fri, Mar 26, 2021
6033.38
1.50
1,042,947
422
421
50.0
34.0
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
6055.81
-20.93
1,295,421
500
559
68.0
43.0
Tue, Mar 26, 2019
6022.27
12.61
933,104
2130
284
66.0
32.0
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
6051.13
-16.25
1,238,888
380
349
59.0
26.0
Sun, Mar 26, 2017
6067.03
-32.15
1,439,923
3735
766
59.0
36.0
Sat, Mar 26, 2016
6066.80
-31.92
1,436,819
1032
439
51.0
30.0
Averages of List
6041.76
-6.88
1,125,107
1256
489
60.3
31.0


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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